Chapter 625, VEHICLES

(625 ILCS 5/1-117.9) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 1-117.9. Electric skateboard. A skateboard powered by an electric motor. (Source: P.A. 104-854, eff. 1-1-27.)

(625 ILCS 5/1-118) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-118) Sec. 1-118. Essential parts. All integral and body parts of a vehicle of a type required to be registered hereunder, the removal, alteration or substitution of which would tend to conceal the identity of the vehicle or substantiall…

(625 ILCS 5/1-118.1) Sec. 1-118.1. Expanded-use antique vehicle. A motor vehicle that is more than 25 years of age or a bona fide replica thereof and which is registered and driven on the highways in accordance with Section 3-804.01. "Expanded-use antique vehicle" does not includ…

(625 ILCS 5/1-119) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-119) Sec. 1-119. Explosives. Any chemical compound or mechanical mixture that is commonly used or intended for the purpose of producing an explosion and which contains any oxidizing and combustive units or other ingredients in such prop…

(625 ILCS 5/1-119.3) Sec. 1-119.3. Expressway. A freeway with full control access and with grade separations at intersections. (Source: P.A. 90-89, eff. 1-1-98.)

(625 ILCS 5/1-119.6) Sec. 1-119.6. Farm to market agricultural transportation. The operation of a motor vehicle controlled and operated by a farmer who is a private motor carrier of property, who is using the vehicle to transport agricultural products to or from a farm operated b…

(625 ILCS 5/1-120) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-120) Sec. 1-120. Farm tractor. Every motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement for drawing wagons, plows, mowing machines and other implements of husbandry, and every implement of husbandry which is self propelled, e…

(625 ILCS 5/1-120.5) Sec. 1-120.5. Fifth wheel assembly. A coupling device connecting 2 or more vehicles operating in combination. The lower half of a fifth wheel assembly mounted on a truck tractor or converter dolly must be secured to the frame of that vehicle with properly des…

(625 ILCS 5/1-120.7) Sec. 1-120.7. Fire department vehicle. Any vehicle, recreational off-highway vehicle, all-terrain vehicle, watercraft, aircraft, bicycle, or electric personal assistive mobility device that is designated or authorized by proper local authorities for fire depa…

(625 ILCS 5/1-121) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-121) Sec. 1-121. Flammable liquid. Any liquid which has a flash point of 70 degrees Fahrenheit, or less, as determined by a tagliabue or equivalent closed-cup test device. (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

(625 ILCS 5/1-122) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-122) Sec. 1-122. Fleet. 1 or more commercial motor vehicles. (Source: P.A. 79-1041.)

(625 ILCS 5/1-122.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-122.1) Sec. 1-122.1. Fleet safety vehicle. Any motor vehicle which is used to supervise operations of vehicles of the second division on the highway so as to promote safety and legal operations of such second division vehicle. (Source…

(625 ILCS 5/1-122.5) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-124) Sec. 1-122.5. For-hire. The operation of a vehicle for compensation and subject to federal regulation by the Interstate Commerce Commission or to state regulation by the Illinois Commerce Commission and those vehicles governed by…

(625 ILCS 5/1-122.7) Sec. 1-122.7. For-profit ridesharing arrangement. The transportation by motor vehicle of not more than 16 persons, including the driver, for which a fee is charged in accordance with Section 6 of the Ridesharing Arrangements Act. (Source: P.A. 90-89, eff. 1-1…

(625 ILCS 5/1-123) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-123) Sec. 1-123. Foreign vehicle. Every vehicle of a type required to be registered hereunder brought into this State from another State, territory or country other than in the ordinary course of business by or through a manufacturer or…

(625 ILCS 5/1-123.2) Sec. 1-123.2. Former military vehicle. A vehicle or trailer, regardless of size, weight, or year of manufacture, that was manufactured for use in any country's military forces and is maintained to depict or represent military design or markings. A former mili…

(625 ILCS 5/1-123.3) Sec. 1-123.3. Frame. The main longitudinal structural members of the chassis of the vehicle or, for vehicles with unitized body construction, the lowest main longitudinal structural members of the body of the vehicle. (Source: P.A. 90-89, eff. 1-1-98.)

(625 ILCS 5/1-123.4) Sec. 1-123.4. Fraudulent driver's license or permit. Any license or permit that purports to be an official driver's license or permit for which a computerized number and file have not been created by the Secretary of State or other official driver's license a…

(625 ILCS 5/1-123.5) Sec. 1-123.5. Freeway. A highway or street especially designed for through traffic and to, from, or over which owners of or persons having an interest in abutting land or other persons have no right or easement or only a limited right or easement of access, c…

(625 ILCS 5/1-123.7) Sec. 1-123.7. Garbage. Any material or load consisting of waste from the facilities of the generator of the waste when transported for disposal or to a permitted recycling or waste processing facility when the generator receives no direct or indirect compensa…

(625 ILCS 5/1-123.8) Sec. 1-123.8. Glider kit. A motor vehicle of the second division that includes a chassis, cab, front axle, and other essential parts, except for an engine, transmission, or rear axle. (Source: P.A. 99-748, eff. 8-5-16.)

(625 ILCS 5/1-123.9) Sec. 1-123.9. Golf cart. A vehicle specifically designed and intended for the purposes of transporting one or more persons and their golf clubs or maintenance equipment while engaged in the playing of golf, supervising the play of golf, or maintaining the con…

(625 ILCS 5/1-124) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-124) Sec. 1-124. (Blank). (Source: Renumbered as 625 ILCS 5/1-122.5 by P.A. 90-89, eff. 1-1-98.)

(625 ILCS 5/1-124.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-124.1) Sec. 1-124.1. Grey Market Vehicle. A vehicle not originally manufactured in compliance with U. S. emission or safety standards. (Source: P.A. 86-444.)

(625 ILCS 5/1-124.3) Sec. 1-124.3. Gross Combination Weight Rating (GCWR). GCWR is the greater of: (1) a value specified by the manufacturer of the power unit, if such value is displayed on the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) certification label required by the Nati…

(625 ILCS 5/1-124.5) Sec. 1-124.5. Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR). The value specified by the manufacturer as the loaded weight of a single vehicle. (Source: P.A. 99-57, eff. 7-16-15.)

(625 ILCS 5/1-125) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-125) Sec. 1-125. Gross weight. The weight of a vehicle whether operated singly or in combination without load plus the weight of the load thereon. (Source: P.A. 76-1586.)

(625 ILCS 5/1-125.11) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 1-125.11. High-speed electric scooter. A device with 2 or 3 wheels, handlebars, and a floorboard that can be stood upon while riding, that is solely powered by an electric m…

(625 ILCS 5/1-125.7) Sec. 1-125.7. Headset receiver. Any device, other than a hearing aid, designed to be worn on a person's head that enables the wearer to hear or receive electronic communications. (Source: P.A. 90-89, eff. 1-1-98.)

(625 ILCS 5/1-125.9) Sec. 1-125.9. Highly restricted personal information. An individual's photograph or image, signature, social security number, personal email address, and medical or disability information. (Source: P.A. 97-835, eff. 7-20-12.)

(625 ILCS 5/1-126) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-126) Sec. 1-126. Highway. The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel or located on public school property. (Source…

(625 ILCS 5/1-126.1) Sec. 1-126.1. Highway designations. The Department of Transportation may designate streets or highways in the system of State highways as follows: (a) Class I highways include interstate highways, expressways, tollways, and other highways deemed appropriate b…

(625 ILCS 5/1-128) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-128) Sec. 1-128. House trailer. (a) A trailer or semitrailer equipped and used for living quarters or for human habitation (temporarily or permanently) rather than for the transportation of freight, goods, wares and merchandise; or (b) …

(625 ILCS 5/1-129) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-129) Sec. 1-129. Identification Number. The numbers and letters, if any, on a vehicle or essential part, affixed by its manufacturer, the Illinois Secretary of State or the Illinois State Police for the purpose of identifying the vehicl…

(625 ILCS 5/1-129.1) Sec. 1-129.1. Ignition interlock device, breath alcohol ignition interlock device (BAIID). A device installed in a motor vehicle that prevents the vehicle from starting until the device has determined by an analysis of the driver's breath that the driver's br…

(625 ILCS 5/1-130) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-130) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-817) Sec. 1-130. Implement of husbandry. Every vehicle designed and adapted exclusively for agricultural, horticultural, or livestock raising operations, including farm wagons, wagon tr…

(625 ILCS 5/1-131) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-131) Sec. 1-131. Improved highway. Any roadway of concrete, brick, asphalt, macadam and crushed stone or gravel. (Source: P.A. 76-1586.)

(625 ILCS 5/1-131.5) Sec. 1-131.5. In-line speed skates. A manufactured or assembled device consisting of an upper portion that is intended to be secured to a human foot, with a frame or chassis attached along the length of the bottom of the upper portion, with the frame or chass…

(625 ILCS 5/1-131.7) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 1-131.7. Intellectual disability. A disability, originating before the age of 18 years, characterized concurrently by (i) significant subaverage intellectual functioning as d…

(625 ILCS 5/1-132) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-132) Sec. 1-132. Intersection. (a) The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines, or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two highways which join one another at, or approximate…

(625 ILCS 5/1-133) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-133) Sec. 1-133. Interstate or Interstate Commerce. Transportation between 2 or more States or transportation originating in one State and passing into or through other States for delivery in another State, and which is not intrastate. …

(625 ILCS 5/1-133.05) Sec. 1-133.05. Interstate carrier of property. Any person who is engaged in the transportation of property only by motor vehicle in whole or in part in interstate or foreign commerce in this State either with or without authority issued from the Interstate C…

(625 ILCS 5/1-133.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-133.1) Sec. 1-133.1. Interstate highway. Any highway which is now, or shall hereafter be, a part of the national system of interstate and defense highways within this State. (Source: P.A. 85-830.)

(625 ILCS 5/1-134) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-134) Sec. 1-134. Intrastate or Intrastate Commerce. Transportation originating at any point or place within this State and destined to any other point or place within this State, irrespective of the route, highway or highways traversed,…

(625 ILCS 5/1-134.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-134.1) Sec. 1-134.1. Junk vehicle. A junk vehicle is a vehicle which has been or is being disassembled, crushed, compressed, flattened, destroyed or otherwise reduced to a state in which it no longer can be returned to an operable sta…

(625 ILCS 5/1-135) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-135) Sec. 1-135. Lane-control signal. An official traffic control device consisting of an electrically controlled and illuminated signal of a square or rectangular design and employing distinctive colors or symbols used to control the d…

(625 ILCS 5/1-136) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-136) Sec. 1-136. Laned roadway. A roadway which is divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular traffic. (Source: P.A. 76-1586.)

(625 ILCS 5/1-136.5) Sec. 1-136.5. Law enforcement agency. Every governmental enforcement agency or officer having authority to enforce the provisions of this Act or applicable local vehicle ordinances. (Source: P.A. 90-89, eff. 1-1-98.)

(625 ILCS 5/1-137) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-137) Sec. 1-137. Lease. A written document vesting exclusive possession, use, control and responsibility of the lessee during the periods the vehicle is operated by or for the lessee for a specific period of time. (Source: P.A. 81-501.)…

(625 ILCS 5/1-137.5) Sec. 1-137.5. Legal name. The full given name and surname of an individual as recorded at birth, recorded at marriage, or deemed as the correct legal name for use in reporting income by the Social Security Administration or the name as otherwise established t…